Recent script sales this week
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Bad, Bad Leroy Brown
Action, Comedy
Leroy Brown is the baddest man in the whole town.
Comments: This is based on the song by Jim Croce.
The Fury – remake based on a novel
Supernatural, Thriller
A young man with heightened kinetic powers is abducted by the government in order to take advantage of his special gifts.
Get Him to the Greek
Comedy
Set to star Jonah Hill, this movie focuses on a just out of college insurance adjuster that is hired to accompany an crazy rock star from London to a gig at L.A.’s Greek Theater.
The Heretic – spec sale
Adventure, Thriller
A fallen priest-turned-hitman is sent by a rogue archbishop to assassinate Martin Luther, only to discover that not everyone is telling the truth.
Man on the Train – remake
Drama
A drifter casing a conservative small town for a bank robbery befriends an elderly professor who seeks to energize his life by becoming his partner in crime.
Untitled Project by Nicole Holofcener
Comedy, Drama
A couple are waiting for the elderly woman next door to die so they can reclaim the apartment they own but run into interference from the woman’s granddaughters.
Taking Woodstock – based on book
Drama
The colorful life of a Greenwich Village-based interior designer and part-time Catskills hotel manager who heads the Bethel, N.Y., Chamber of Commerce and issues the permit for the legendary 1969 Woodstock concert.
Zookeeper – spec sale
Romantic Comedy
A zoo full of animals break the code of silence to help a down-on-his-luck zookeeper get the woman of his dreams by introducing the secret mating habits of their species.
[Spec]
Sales Price: $2 million against $3 million
Down River – pitch sale
Adventure, Thriller
Focuses on four 20-something masters of the corporate world that decide to go on an actual adventure trip to the Amazon instead of pretending to rough it. But their guide is killed and the men have to face dangerous situations.
Sales Price: Seven figures
Pastor Brown
Drama, Indie
A wayward pastor’s daughter returns from a life as an exotic dancer to make amends with her family and teen son and eventually lead her father’s parish, becoming a pastor.
Executive Actions – based on novel series
Action, Thriller
The first in a series of political action thrillers.
Untitled Buddy Comedy by Jon Lucas and Scott Moore – pitch sale
Comedy
Sales Price: $700,000 against $1.5 million
Material Lies
Drama
A struggling actor learns that he has cancer and arranges a reunion of his old friends.
Winter’s Discontent – spec sale
Comedy
A widower moves with his best friend to a retirement community, where they live a wild single life.
Sales Price: Low six figures
Lifeboat 13 – true story
Drama, War
Four chaplains give up their life jackets during the 1943 sinking of the Dorchester.
Wild Cherry
Comedy
High school decides to lose her virginity to her boyfriend and later finds out that the boyfriend’s only interested in her for the sake of the team’s ‘bang book.’ The girls plan their revenge. Inspired by the Greek play ‘Lysistrata.’
Sabbatical – pitch
Thriller
A couple decide to take a two-week sabbatical from. When the wife returns to the agreed-upon meeting place two weeks later, though, she discovers that her husband has disappeared. Star vehicle for Jennifer Garner.
Be With You – Remake of a 2004 Japanese film
Drama, Romance
A dying woman tells her husband and son that she will return to them. Star vehicle for Jennifer Garner.
2 Responses to “Recent script sales this week”
April 24th, 2008 at 5:18 pm
Thank you for taking the financial hit for all of us & posting this. It would be an immensely helpful resource if you chose to continue, especially for those of us who are struggling, but strapped so tight we can’t afford to subscribe ourselves. In either case, cheers!
April 28th, 2008 at 10:58 am
Good news Alain – I am going to sign up for the service so that I can keep posting these for everyone! Stay tuned, there will be more to come starting today.
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